If Britain executed all the dingbats, they'd be left with who... Margaret Thatcher? I don't think the old girl could fire & reload fast enough--& if she could, the barrel would melt.

Britain's "elite" universities (e.g., Oxford) have become such intellectual cesspools (not unlike the Ivies) outside of technical disciplines--but then again, "elite" fascist colleges haven't primarily been true institutions (meaning places where you learn how to think instead of what to think) since...heck... before Emerson & Thoreau. They're for making political connections & maintaining a network of "elite" fascisti to keep the "common man"--regardless of how intellectually agile he may be--in his place.

When the silicon fries, the country on top is going to be the one with the most primitive arms manufacturing, the most dependable rifle, & the most ammo. AK-47s & nukes dropped from antique aircraft will rule the day.

I'd put my money on a Soviet revival before a British neo-renaissance.

If there's a widespread intellectual renaissance, it won't be in the West (absent a revolution).